28/42 "He has deserted me!" was all she said. The words fell low and quiet on the silence: they were the utterance of an immeasurable despair. "Indeed, indeed you are wrong! It's no excuse--it's the truth. I was present when the message came about his father." She never heeded him, and never moved. She only repeated the words "He has deserted me!" "Don't take it in that way!" pleaded Arnold--"pray don't! It's dreadful to hear you; it is indeed. |